--- description: Harry Potter memorabilia collection owned by Mexican lawyer sets world record at 3097 pieces title: Behold, the World's Largest Collection of Harry Potter Memorabilia image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt002ac2408f3f8a1b/6986a6533617600d1390e2c7/harry-potter-collection-world-record.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Behold, the World's Largest Collection of Harry Potter Memorabilia  by [Olivia B. Waxman](/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Staff Writer Oct 1, 2014 3:47 PM CUT  Rebecca Blackwell—AP  by [Olivia B. Waxman](/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Staff Writer Oct 1, 2014 3:47 PM CUT Guinness World Records has recognized a lawyer’s Harry Potter memorabilia collection as the largest in the world at 3,097 pieces. Menahem Asher Silva Vargas of Mexico City has spent 15 years amassing magic wands, toy figurines, and Hogwarts scarves inspired by the J.K. Rowling’s best-selling books. “My salary, my bonuses … it all ended up here,” he [told the AP](http://bigstory.ap.org/article/c60901760a404a208a5b131d9675374d/mexicans-harry-potter-hoard-worlds-biggest "undefined"). **MORE:** [This Discovery Brings Us One Step Closer to Harry Potter’s Invisibility Cloak](http://time.com/3441875/invisibility-cloak-harry-potter-lens-rochester/ "undefined") **MORE:** [Harry Potter Stamps Apparently Not American Enough](http://newsfeed.time.com/2013/11/19/stamp-collectors-upset-because-harry-potter-stamps-arent-american-enough/ "undefined") ### PHOTOS: See the Harry Potter Theme Park Gringotts-Themed Ride  Universal Orlando  Universal Orlando  Universal Orlando  Universal Orlando  Universal Orlando  Universal Orlando ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3452667/harry-potter-memorabilia-collection/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3452667/harry-potter-memorabilia-collection/"},"headline":"Behold, the World's Largest Collection of Harry Potter Memorabilia","datePublished":"2014-10-01T15:47:30.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T04:48:24.091Z","description":"No word whether Guinness World Records sent an owl to notify him","url":"https://time.com/3452667/harry-potter-memorabilia-collection/","keywords":["Newsfeed","society"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt002ac2408f3f8a1b/6986a6533617600d1390e2c7/harry-potter-collection-world-record.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Olivia B. Waxman","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt002ac2408f3f8a1b/6986a6533617600d1390e2c7/harry-potter-collection-world-record.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"harry-potter-collection-world-record","caption":"","creditText":"Rebecca Blackwell—AP","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3452667/harry-potter-memorabilia-collection/","name":"Behold, the World's Largest Collection of Harry Potter Memorabilia"}}]}] ```